RBC Capital Starts Coverage on 9 Education Stocks: Strayer (STRA) Named Top Pick

June 25, 2009 9:17 AM EDT

RBC Capital initiates coverage on For-Profit/Education & Training Services Sector:

  • Strayer Education (Nasdaq: STRA) with a Top Pick. Price target $244, suggesting possible upside of 18% from current levels.
  • American Public Education (Nasdaq: APEI) with an Outperform. Price target $42, representing potential price appreciation of 11.3%.
  • Career Education (Nasdaq: CECO) with an Outperform. Price target $25, suggesting upside of 10.7%.
  • Capella Education (Nasdaq: CPLA) with an Outperform. Price target $66, suggesting upside of 15.6%.
  • Grand Canyon Education (Nasdaq: LOPE) with an Outperform. Price target $18, suggesting upside of 14%.
  • ITT Educational Services (NYSE: ESI) with an Outperform rating. Price target $114, representing possible upside of 20% from current levels.
  • Apollo Group (Nasdaq: APOL) with a Sector Perform. Price target $73, indicating potential price appreciation of 9.7%.
  • DeVry (NYSE: DV) with a Sector Perform. Price target $53, suggesting 10.9% upside from current levels.
  • Corinthian Colleges (Nasdaq: COCO) with an Underperform rating. Price target $17, representing upside of 6.9%.
Stocks in the Education sector are trading in positive territory on the back of the mostly bullish reports.


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APEI 30.30

-0.83 -2.67%
Volume: 189,957
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APOL 54.65

-1.75 -3.10%
Volume: 2,906,246
Track APOL

CECO 25.25

-0.45 -1.75%
Volume: 1,411,665
Track CECO

COCO 14.23

-0.31 -2.13%
Volume: 3,487,470
Track COCO

CPLA 70.48

-1.16 -1.62%
Volume: 76,772
Track CPLA

DV 52.72

-1.05 -1.95%
Volume: 848,582
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ESI 85.38

-2.87 -3.25%
Volume: 843,979
Track ESI

LOPE 18.60

-0.04 -0.21%
Volume: 309,339
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STRA 190.23

-5.28 -2.70%
Volume: 145,686
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